Evening Star Newspaper, October 16, 1930, Page 5

BORAH INDICATES ~ DRY FIGHT LOOMING Will Stump for G. 0. P. Régu- lar in Boston, Where Wet Sentiment Is Strong. BY THEDORE C. WALLEN, Special Dispatch to The Star, BOISE, Idaho, October 15.—Senator William E. Bo 's first appearance in *the senatorial paign outside of his home State, according to tentative plans, is to speak in Boston on October 19. Instead of taking the stump for colleagues of the Senate coalition of in- su?enc Republicans and Democrats,. as had been expected in some quarters, the Senate's outstanding , political cam- paigner is going to the assistance of a regular of regulars, former Senator Wi M. Butler of Massachusetts, one-time chairman of the Republican National Committee, who must defeat Marcus A. Coolidge, the wet Democratic ::endidltz. to regain a seat in the Sen- ‘The Idaho Senator, himself a can- didate for re-election, who faces only perfunctory opposition, confirmed today the report that he has the Boston lgelkmx engagement on his calendar, though emphasizing that he had re- served the right to cancel it on short notice should he be needed here for the support of the State ticket. He declined to say what prompted his dis- position to return to the East for such &n engagement. It was taken to mean, however, that Senator Borah, foremost of congres- sional drys, is preparing to take the leadership in & move for a showdown on prohibition in the national cam- paign of 1932, with a view to making the Republican party the champion of the eighteenth amendment. Assuming that his closest colleagues in the Sen- ate coalition can get along without his assistance on the stump, it would be to his advantage to help bring about the election of a dry Senator from Mas- sachusetts, in the face of strong indi- cations that both major parties in the Bay State are wet today. Influence Highly Rated. ‘The Senator would not necessarily stress prohibition in a Boston speech. If the basic purpose is to get a dry elected where one is available in the East, Senator Borah might find it ex- pedient to follow a line least likely to cost Mr. Butler the support of such Re- publican wets as are willing to subordi- nate grohlbmon. ‘The Idaho Senator is ted with remarkable capacity to convert votes in political campaigns, so much so that Alfred E. Smith as Demo- cratic - presidential nominee in 1928 rated the most dangerous speaker in the opposition, As stated, Senator Borah is silent as to his pumose in agreeing conditionally to cross the continent for a speech in Boston. It should be understood that he is not discussing it, even privately, with newspaper men, at least. But he has not been in the West since early September without revealing pretty well where he stands in the light of recent Pprohibition developments. Moreover, no one who has talked with him lately can have any doubt that he sees prohibition as the over- shado issue to be met in the next m 1 campaign, not particularly of recent wet gains, but be- cause he is convinced that Jm:hlbmon must have more force behind it. To an element of extreme dry senti- ment in the West President Hoover's reported refusal to resist the repeal movement in the New York State Re- publican Convention was disappointing. Opportunity Seen in Speech. It led to apprehension of doubts in the President’s mind about the prac- ticability of the present prohibition system. * Since Mr. Hoover took a stand against repeal in 1928, it was felt that the keynote speech of Henry L. Stim- son, Secretary of State, reflecting ad- ministration views, offered to the Presi- dent an opportunity openly to discour- age the plan to adopt a repeal plank at All L Persistent rts that the Wicker- . sham Commission on Law Observance and, Enforcement may recommend some tion of the enforcement statutes seem fo have strengthened con- viction in these quarters that the time has come now to invite an out-and-out test on the eighteenth amendment it- self in the coming presidential conven- tion—this with an eye w'r"-‘nl e Republican party behind the prohibi- tion amendment. Then if the Demo- cratic party should declare for repeal the prohibition issue would be clear- cut between the major parties. Senator Borah is expected to provide leadership not only to that, but also to the end that the Republican party shall not be committed to any retreat whatever from the existing prohibition system, regardless of what the Wicker- sham Commission may recommend. Drys Would Press Offensive. Tt means that the drys would take the aggressive rather than the de- fensive in the growing controversy over prohibition. Without waiting for the Republican repealists of New York, New Jersey and elsewhere to take the initia- tive for a repeal plank in the national convention, the drys, according to all the indications out here in the West, would themselves force the issue with a demand for o trank dry plank in the part; form. e e would be to fgrcg the candidate for President to conform -to it or follow the example of former Gov. Smith in 1928 by taking an independent stand on the question with the risk that that involves. A repetition of the present enforcement plank would not suffice, so far as this sentiment is concerned. The signs point to no little dry ac- tivity in that directiom, with Senator Borah unmistakably a guiding factor, regardless of his apparent unwilling- ness to show his hand yet. If the im- ression of his home State is accurate, ge is convinced that the tug-of-war between wets and drys has gone beyond the stage where either would be satis- [ fied with modification. The alternative to repeal, according to that view, is a vigorous ‘dedication to the defense of the eighteenth amendment, as a party- rinciple. P Enough s known about Senator Borah's stand to answer the gquestion current in the East as to whether the foremost Republican drys have not been forced to a recognition that a change in the national attitude toward prohibition has been reflected in the primaries, a change too pronounced for the party safely to ignore. Senator Borah may be relied upon, it is believed, to rally the Republican drys against ylelding in any respect. So any recommendation from the Wick- ersham Commission for increasing the legalized alcoholic content of beverages, for instance, would find determined resistance. The developments are taken to foreshadow & titanic struggle in the Republican National Convention of 1932, CHARGES POLITICS INJOBLESS CENSIS Harris Declares “Piecemeal Releases” Apparently Con- ceal Complete Data. Taking exception to the unemploy- ment figures released by the Census Bureau, of which he formerly was di- rector, Senator Harris, Democrat, of Georgia, in a statement issued last night through the Democratic National Committee declared the bureau was “re- leasing figures on unemployment by piecemeal” and that the method em- played had “the appearance of holding back complete information lest the full picture accentuate a background whose part revelation to date has already caused alarm in the Republican party on the verge of the November congres- sional elections.” Calling attention that the bureau had estimated 2,508,151 persons were “out of a job,” able to work and looking for a job on April 1, Harris expressed the opinion that “there are between 5.000,- 000 and 6,000,000 people in the United States without jobs—the largest number in the history of the country.” Harris said the figures already an- nounced excluded persons ‘“laid off without pay because of the cessation of their employment.” Explaining that these figures would not be made public until next year, he added: “Their disclosure at this time would throw light in dark places that conceal the extent of unemployment under the Hoover guaranteed prosperity adminis- tration.” " 2 International Scholar Dies. LONDON, October 16 (#).—Sir Her- mann Gollancz, widely known as an international scholar and a leading fig- ure of British Jewry, died yesterday at the age of 78. Pilot and Passenger Killed. OLATHE, Kans, October 16 (#)— Gail Dawson, Napoleon, Ohio, pilot, and Ralph H. Yeager of Defiance, Ohio, his passenger, were killed yesterday when an airplane crashed info & field eight miles north of Olathe. DENOGRATS NEED 50 VN OUSE Eiection Expected to Give Party Gains, but Extent Is Anybody’s Guess. BY MARK SULLIVAN, The real question and the extremely important question in this campaign is whether the Democrats will gain enough seats from the Republicans to give them a majority in the Lower House. If that happens it will be the first time control of the House has changed in 12 years and only the sec- ond time in 35 years, It will be the only time the Demo- crats_have taken control away from the Republicans since 1910. Conse- quences of change of control of the House are only short of consequences of a change of parties in the presi- dency. Every change of control of Congress in 40 years has been followed, for example, by a reversal of tariff policy. Democrats Need 53 Seats. “Change of control of the Hou’e" is an abstract phrase. Concretely, it con- sists of the winning or losing of a mini- mum of 53 separate congressional elec- tions scattered over the country. No one of these elections is sufficiently conspicuous nationally to catch the at- tention of the country as a whole. The men now holding the doubtful seats are comparatively obscure local Representa- tives. Whether the Democrats can win control or the Republicans keep it de- pends on the aggregate of 53 or more local elections hinging mainly on local issues and the personalities of local can- didates. ‘The writer has seen reports covering all the districts that are in’ doubt be- tween the parties. The number of doubtful district is about 90. One can picture the situation by saying that there are roughly some 90 seats now held by Republicans which have been held by Democrats at one time or an- other in recent years. The picture can be expressed another way by saying there are nearly 90 seats which in one election or another since 1920 have been carried by majorities of less than 2,000. Doubtful Districts Listed. ‘The present problem is whether in these 80 or 90 doubtful districts the Democrats can win the minimum of 53, which, added to their present strength, would give them a bare majority. Advance judgment as to the probable answer is extremely difficult. ‘The ‘doubtful districts are strewn throughout the States of Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Tllinols, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and 50 on to the Pacific Coast. No one political leader or observer can inspect all these districts on the ground. Summation of judgment must come through inspecting the aggregate of reports from separate districts. Even greater than this geographical impedi-. ment to judgment is the diversity of issues and local conditions. From in- specting reports from the doubtful dis- tricts, the strongest impression is the extent to which the results will be de- termined by local conditions. Report after report completely omits any allusion to prosperity, or the tariff, or prohibition, or any other national issue. A majority of the reports say that the local outcome will be influenced by the personal popularity of the candi- date, or the energy of some one leader, or by a disappointed aspirant for a post office, or a local leader of the ex- soldiers, who in some districts are for the Republican candidate and in some for the Democratic; or a local labor group, or the local drys or the local wets. One is obliged to deduce that the influences . determining these elec- tions are almost wholly local. 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The mood of the people is one of gloominess. accompanied by resignation, without any great impulse to express their mod through political ‘action. Gen- erally speaking voters tend to take the position that economic distress is world- wide, that the Republican administra- tion has not been accompanied by pros- perity, but that probably the Demo- crats would not do any better. In such a state of mind, local per- sonalities, local conditions and local energy of organization is the determin- ing factor. The question is whether the Democrats can win 53 out of these 90 separate battlefields. Among esti- mates from partisan sources, the Re- publicans admit the Democrats will win a minimum net of 16 and concede the Democrats have a good chance to win some 16 more. Democratic estimates speak of winning enough to make a “workable ‘majority.” One Democratic leader mentions the figure 60. 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HEAD HITS | MORROW AND “WETS” Charges Former Ambassador With “Overriding Platform on Which Hoover Was Elected.” GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., October 16. | —The senatorial candidacy of Dwight | W. Morrow in New Jersey, the “wet | press,” and proposals that the United States adopt the Canadian plan of government control of liquor were crit- icized last night by Mrs. Ella A. Boole, national president of the W. C. T. U,, in a spéech before the annual State con- vention of the Michigan organization. Mrs, Boole charged Mr. Morrow with “overriding the platform on which Hep- bert Hoover was elected with his policy of law enforcement.” tional president | writers who for the sake misrepresent subject matter.” The Canadian liquor-control system, she said, actually is little more than government sale, and rather than con- trolling has all the evils manifested under the American prohibition law and very little of the good. 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